Chapter 774 Restaurant (1/3)
Oriental DreamWorks now has a lot of cash. After removing taxes and various expenses, it brought the company at least 1.5 billion Chinese yuan and 500 million meters of revenue to the company. ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£¢£
However, Yang Ming cannot move this money. After all, the number of movies that will start shooting in the next round will have a budget of at least hundreds of millions.
Especially in order to shoot "Transformers", Leying Digital will definitely not be able to make the movie.
Therefore, Yang Ming’s source of funds for acquiring A mainly relies on Meituan.com’s listing money-making plan.
With the existence of his golden finger, he directly brought the mature group buying system in his previous life to this life. Meituan.com is now the largest group buying website in China and the United States, and one of the most influential e-commerce websites.
Meituan.com is also regarded as the most valuable online Chaoyang enterprise. Some professionals estimate that once a company goes public, its market value will definitely exceed 10 billion.
In fact, Yang Ming had long known that the value of Meituan.com will inevitably exceed 10 billion.
When a company goes public and makes money, as the main shareholder, it cannot sell its shares as soon as possible. Therefore, before listing, Yang Ming must have taken out some of the shares to cash out. The Redwood Fund is a shareholder who purchased Yang Ming's shares.
As the main bearer of Meituan.com's listing, Redwood Fund is very optimistic about Meituan.com's future and will naturally not be stingy with money to acquire part of its shares from Yang Ming.
15% of the shares, 500 million meters, this is the bid of the Redwood Fund, and Yang Ming also agreed to the offer.
This time, he was planning to sell 30% of the shares in exchange for 1 billion meters of cash without any problem.
Yang Ming holds a total of 85% of Meituan.com shares and the other 15% of the shares, which are rewarded to Hua Mingqiu and his team as equity. Even though Yang Ming sells 30% of the shares this time, he still owns 55% of the shares, but he still has an absolute controlling stake.
Even if his shares will continue to decline after listing, this is no longer important to Yang Ming.
His life goal is not e-commerce.
With the confidence to cash out Meituan.com shares, Yang Ming is so confident that he can acquire A's shares. Not to mention 30% of the shares, even if he acquires it in full, as long as A is willing to transfer it, he will try his best to take down the second largest theater company in the United States.
After Yang Ming met with Barber, there were still two days before the opening of the Academy Awards, but he had already asked about the smell that was unfavorable to Oriental DreamWorks from the American entertainment media.
Especially in the arrangements of some interested people, various conspiracy theories against Oriental DreamWorks have been reported by several entertainment media as news.
"What did other films that didn't even have five Hollywood actors, but they were nominated for the Academy Awards, which made other film companies that failed to choose?"
"Wolf in sheep's clothing, although Hollywood Oriental DreamWorks belongs to the American film company, the blood of China flows in the bones of this film company."
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When Yang Ming saw the news titles on several American entertainment media, he smiled faintly. This is the so-called American freedom. Haha, he smiled faintly and did not take it to heart.
He could even guess the people who are now jumping up and using the media to provoke right and wrong.
There is probably no one else except Pan American Entertainment and the Mr. Congressman.
It’s a pity that those people don’t know how important Yang Ming doesn’t even think of the Academy Awards. It doesn’t matter if he can win well.
On the eve of the opening of the Academy Awards where the smoke is getting more and more popular, Yang Ming made an appointment with Barber to meet A's executive president Gerry Lopez.
At night, Los Angeles has already had thousands of lights and neon lights on the streets, making Los Angeles even more dazzling under the starry sky.
The place where Yang Ming and Gerry Lopez made an appointment to meet was the very famous Wolfgang Parker Restaurant in Los Angeles.
This restaurant is also a place where many Hollywood celebrities like to come to eat. It is precisely because celebrities often come here that the restaurant has very high requirements for the environment and decoration, and the environment is also very quiet.
"The bluefin tuna here is really the most missing." Gerry Lopez held up the red wine glass gracefully.
Yang Ming smiled casually and said, "This is my first time here. If Mr. Barber hadn't been here, I wouldn't have known that there would be such an elegant restaurant in Hollywood."
Barber smiled and said, "I can't think of any better places than Wolfgang Parker's restaurant when looking at Bessa Bay, eating delicious dishes, enjoying the food under the warm soft lights."
Hearing Barber's words, Gerry Lopez couldn't help laughing, and then looked at the old friend of mine for many years and said, "I guess the greatest benefit of Wolfgang Parker Restaurant is that it is close enough to Pan American Entertainment and Hollywood."
The three of them burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was harmonious and relaxed.
Barber used to be in Pan American Entertainment, and Pan American Entertainment is only 5 minutes away from this restaurant. No wonder Gerry Lopez quipped Barber so much.
At the dinner table, the three of them chatted and laughed, talking about the most concerned topic in the entertainment industry - the Academy Awards. Regarding the criticism that Oriental DreamWorks has suffered in recent times, Gerry Lopez also pointed out the problem to the point.
xenophobic!
Yang Ming also agreed.
No matter who it is, he will not want to see others running to his home to grab money. Otherwise, why would the Chinese film industry have such a big reaction to Hollywood blockbusters occupying the box office market rankings of China's movies for several consecutive years?
Face and dignity are just one of the important reasons. The fundamental reason is that China's film market is occupied by others, so the benefits obtained by China's local film companies will become less.
No one is willing to give up their own interests to others.
The world is as dark as a crow. The reason why China was captured by Hollywood in the past was that it had no power to fight back was that it did not have the strength to fight against Hollywood in China. If it had the strength, would they be willing to make a share of the Hollywood film company in their bowls?
Obviously this is impossible.
This is the problem that Yang Ming’s Oriental Dream Factory faces at this time.
He didn't care about any Oscar awards, but he didn't want to be choked. There was no theater company in his own hands. Once those Hollywood giants made their efforts, Oriental DreamWorks would have no power to fight back.
Yang Ming couldn't pin his hopes on the so-called American freedoms. This statement is purely a bluff.
Gerry Lopez felt a little surprised when he saw the young man opposite him not worried about the news that was unfavorable to Oriental DreamWorks in the media these two days, but he did not reveal anything unusual.
After dinner, the waiter cleaned up the table and poured a cup of coffee for the three of them, and the private room seemed quiet.
Several people know that it's time to get to the point.
Gerry Lopez coughed lightly, and then he looked into Yang Ming's eyes seriously and asked: "If A Cinema is acquired by you, would you arrange to release more Chinese movies?"
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This is for Tuesday!
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Chapter completed!